Alex Roussel

Love God. Love others. Never stop creating.

[Alex Roussel @rousselart]

1st dozen minis (2.5”) that will be available before Artwalk on September 9th at #coffeeweedcottage
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#art #rousselart #coffee #neverstopcreating

[Alex Roussel @rousselart]

Y’all all come out and snag an original #rousselart mini - toss the cutie in your bag and go explore ArtWalk Downtown after!

🧡☕️🎨

https://t.co/xzXaZXNm9t

[The Associated Press @AP]

Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration into an empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died. He was 76. https://t.co/CMuZbT2gi6

[Alex Roussel @rousselart]

Hello September! Many mini canvases coming in the weeks leading up to fall.
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Meteorological Fall starts today! Like pre-autumn for Astronomical (real) Autumn on September 23rd. 🧡💀🍂
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#art #autumn #neverstopcreating #neverstopgrowing #rousselart #deadinside

[Alex Roussel @rousselart]

Hello September! Many mini canvases coming in the weeks leading up to fall.
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Meteorological Fall starts today! Like pre-autumn for Astronomical (real) Autumn on September 23rd. 🧡💀🍂
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#art #autumn #neverstopcreating #neverstopgrowing #rousselart #deadinside

[Alex Roussel @rousselart]

Looking to pollinate.
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#art #neverstaopcreating #rousselart #deadinside #teacherlife #workinprogress

[Alex Roussel @rousselart]

Hello September!
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Meteorological Fall starts today! Like pre-autumn for Astronomical (real) Autumn on September 23rd. 🧡💀🍂
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#art #autumn #neverstopcreating #neverstopgrowing #teacherlife #deadinside #fallingleaves #selfie #rousselart #helloseptember

[Phil ✦ The Horizoneer @TheHorizoneer]

remember what they took from you on national cinema day

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

2020 was a terrible year, but it's still far from being the worst in recorded human history. Here are a few bad ones:

1349 was the peak of the Black Death, which killed an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Europe, Eurasia, and North Africa. It is considered the deadliest pandemic in human history.

1520 was when smallpox spread across the Americas, killing an estimated 90% of the Indigenous population. It is estimated that 25 to 55 million people perished.

1918 was when the influenza pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people across the globe. As many as 500 million people were infected.

These were all terrible years, but many historians believe that the absolute worst was 536 AD. According to medieval historian, Michael McCormick, "It was the beginning of one of the worst periods to be alive, if not the worst year."

So what exactly happened in 536?

Well for starters, a volcano erupted in Iceland, which dimmed the sun for 18 months, causing temperatures to decrease by 1.5 to 2.5 degrees Celsius. This led to the coldest decade (536 to 545) in 2,000 years, leading to crop failures and mass starvations in Europe, Mesopotamia, and China.

In 540 there was another volcanic eruption, this time in Ilopango, El Salvador, which killed tens of thousands of people and decreased global temperatures once again.

In 541, the Plague of Justinian began to spread throughout the Mediterranean Basin and would kill 35 to 55% of the population. The plague would greatly weaken the Byzantine Empire after devastating its capital, Constantinople.

The natural disasters, crop failures, and the plague would go on to decimate Europe's economy, which would not recover until 640, more than a century later. Ice core records show that in 640, there was a spike in atmospheric lead pollution which was the result of an increase in silver mining. Silver is found in lead-rich galena ores. During this time, periods of prosperity almost always coincided with increases in lead emissions.

Keep in mind that this is just from recorded history. Imagine all the crazy stuff that happened in prehistory, including population bottlenecks, which reduced the human population to just tens of thousands of people. We could have easily gone extinct on a number of occasions.

[Alex Roussel @rousselart]

@Daniel_winters1 Oh? Which one?

[Alex Roussel @rousselart]

Works in progress

[Alex Roussel @rousselart]

Works in progress

[Alex Roussel @rousselart]

Works in progress

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

In 1934, Hollywood photographer A.L. "Whitey" Schafer took this staged photo which mocked the Motion Picture Production Code (aka Hays Code), a set of moral guidelines that were applied to American films that were released from 1934 to 1968. The photo attempted to violate as many rules as possible in one image.

The Motion Picture Production Code stipulated the following:

"No picture shall be produced which will lower the moral standards of those who see it. Hence the sympathy of the audience shall never be thrown to the side of crime, wrong-doing, evil or sin. Correct standards of life, subject only to the requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented. Law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation.

Prohibitions on:
1. Nudity
2. Suggestive dances
3. Discussions of sexual perversity
4. Superfluous use of liquor
5. Ridicule of religion
6. Miscegenation
7. Lustful kissing
8. Scenes of passion"

The Hays Code stipulated that a kiss can only last 3 seconds. If you watch Hitchcock's movie, Notorious (1946), there's a kiss scene that lasts two and a half minutes. The actors just break off every 3 seconds.

[TRAFON(s Backup Account) @RiseFallNickBck]

RIP to Arleen Sorkin, the original voice of Harley Quinn, she was 67

Really hurts losing two iconic voices of the animated Batman series within a year like this.

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

Arleen Sorkin, the original voice of Harley Quinn has sadly passed away at the age of 67.

[The Ryan Hipp™ 🏳️‍🌈 @RyanHippFTW]

Arleen Sorkin gave so many amazing performances as Harley Quinn through the years, but I think her best will always be "Harley's Holiday." Her and Kevin Conroy are so great in this final scene. It gets me every time.

RIP

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Aqua announces the ‘Barbie World Tour,’ kicking off in Seattle on November 12th.

[alli. ✨ @AlliApplebum]

Vincent Price went from character actor to horror legend. But to me he ranks among the best of the best in old Hollywood, period. Not JUST in horror. An all around great actor who gave us so much. #SummerUnderStars